LeCroy v. Chess Fl Negligence
by sabrina eldridge
1. Defendent
1.1. Steve LeCroy (paramedic at EVAC)
1.2. EVAC was called to Bert Fish Hospital on September 21, 2003 to transfer Margarita Chess(plaintiff) to a hospital who were more advance in Neonatal care. Chess was 26 weeks pregnant. The Hospital was an hour and 15 minutes away. Chess' water broke 15 minutes en route, meaning LeCroy proceeded with labor in the back of the ambulance.
1.3. Addison, Chess' son, was 6 years old at the time of the case in 2010. Addison, when born, weighed 1.7 pounds and suffered from lack of oxygen causing him to have Cerebral Palsy. Chess decided to sue.
1.3.1. Email
1.3.2. Phone
1.3.3. Address
1.4. What is Cerebral Palsy?
1.4.1. LinkedIn
1.4.2. Google+
1.4.3. Twitter
2. Settlements
2.1. Bert Fish Hospital made a settlement with Chess of $1.4 million
2.1.1. Apple, Ireland
2.1.2. Internal Communications Manager
2.1.3. Responsibilities
2.1.3.1. Setting up an intranet for the business unit
2.1.3.2. Communication Management
2.1.3.3. Publishing monthly newsletters
2.2. As for EVAC, they went on to trial, the jury stated that they were responsible for $8.6 million.
2.2.1. Company 2 (Location)
2.2.2. Job Title
2.2.3. Responsibilities
2.3. "EVAC paramedics have to care for tragic consequences of illness and injury everyday. We stand by our paramedics and intend to appeal this verdict." -EVAC spokesman
2.3.1. Company 1 (Location)
2.3.2. Job Title
2.3.3. Responsibilities
3. Plaintiff
3.1. Margarita Chess
3.1.1. English
3.1.1.1. Mother tongue
3.2. She felt as though she was done wrong, that the paramedic and the hospital could have done more.
3.2.1. Programs
3.2.1.1. MS Office
3.2.1.1.1. Excellent
3.2.2. Systems
3.2.2.1. Windows
3.2.2.2. Mac
3.2.3. Development
3.2.3.1. HTML
3.2.3.2. CSS
3.2.3.3. Javascipt
4. What Could Have Been Done
4.1. This $10 million law suit changed the way some people planned out calls in EMS.
4.2. -LeCroy should have called medical direction and should have given the baby oxygen as soon as he was born.
4.2.1. University, Location
4.2.2. Field of Study
4.2.3. Diploma
4.3. -The hospital could have also had Chess give birth, then transfer with Nurses in back of ambulance.
4.3.1. School, Location